is making appeals to the american people keith alexander spoke at the national press club yesterday saying quote the american people have to weigh in and help us get the tools we need to defend this country of course since the leaks polling has routinely showed their merit the american people are uncomfortable with the n.s.a.'s activities. later this year congress will have to pass a new version of the defense authorization act and in previous years this bill has included new power for the military to indefinitely detain those who are suspected of affiliating with terrorists it's also limited the transfer of suspected terrorists out of guantanamo bed this year those skeptical of the more than a decade old authorization for use of military force that underpins the global war on terror want to have this authorization narrowed along with narrowing the definition of who exactly is considered an enemy of the united states the problem is even our own government seems to have a difficult time defining who is and who is not a terrorist artie's perry and boring has more on the ever changing definit

today and i say chief keith alexander was called to testify in front of the senate intelligence committee on side the director of national intelligence james clapper who defended once again his spying programs all of us in the intel's community are very much aware that the recent unauthorized disclosures have raised serious concerns both here in congress and across the nation about our intelligence activities we know that the public wants both to understand how it's until this community uses its special tools in the thor days and to judge whether we can be trusted to use them appropriately. we believe we have been lawful and that the rigorous oversight we've operated under has been effective now sensing congress may take action the n.s.a. is making appeals to the american people keith alexander spoke at the national press club yesterday saying the american people have to weigh in and help us a good the tools we need to defend this country of course since the leaks polling has routinely showed the american people un comfortable with the n.s.a. is activities. they want to the month santo pr

is making appeals to the american people keith alexander spoke at the national press club on wednesday saying quote the american people have to weigh in and help us get the tools we need to defend this country. of course since the leaks polling has routinely showed the american people on comfortable with the n.s.a.'s activities. they're on to some interesting developments regarding online privacy first there's twitter which announced this week it will seek a one point five billion dollar initial public offering on the york stock exchange but is the social networking a news giant readies to cash in there are concerns that it might sell out its pretty solid privacy record you see twitter recently purchased an online advertising platform known as mo pub which takes bids from online advertisers to create targeted ads for individuals on their mobile devices thanks to the unique way people use twitter and all of their mobile devices and how twitter collects users' web traffic data from sides that tweet from the coming together of twitter with mo pub could give online advertisers unprecedente

n-s-a chief keith alexander has said a person's individual data is analyzed only when there's a foreign intelligence justification. some argue the n-s-a's surveillance efforts are keeping americans safer. critics say this latest disclosure is yet another example of how the n-s-a is infringing on americans' privacy. "americans assume a right to a certain kind of privacy that usually starts at the door to their home." the leaked documents don't specify how many american citizens have been caught up in the effort and how many have actually been involved in wrongdoing. in the wake of the recent disclosures, president obama has ordered a review of n-s-a surveillance policies. an... expert panel... reccommends... the f-a-a... ease the rules ...on... using electronic devices in flight.../. according to a draft... of the report obtained by c-n-n.../ the panel... makes... more than... two-dozen recommendation s.../ it ... found passengers... should be able to read e-books, ... play music and games... and... watch movies... during takeoff and landing -- / although... some devices ...would have to

i know keith alexander is now in command of the nsa. i have not been involved in classified meetings since i left four years ago. i am confident with men like general alexander involved, and given the professionals in the intelligence community i have never seen a situation where they violated for political purposes the way has happened with the irs, the authority they have. i do not know how obama deals with that. i know how we dealt with it. we were screwed us in making sure that that i our is never a bused. every once in a while, a big organization, there were problems that cropped up, but there are safeguards built into it. we have the fisa courts, the foreign intelligence surveillance act courts, that they have to sign off on these programs. before you can dig into any of those records, in terms of reading content, for example, you have to have the authorization from fisa. i know everybody is concerned about it. i understand the concerns. the last thing i would want to recommend is, well, obama might abuse the nsa authority and ther

and the chief keith alexander has said a person's individual data is analyzed only when there's a foreign intelligence justification. some argue the nsa surveillance efforts are keeping americans safer, critics say this latest disclosure is yet another example of how the nsa is infringing on americans' privacy. >> americans assume a right to a certain kind of privacy that usually starts at the door to their home. >> that was pamela brown reporting. the leaked documents do not specify how many american citizens have been caught up in the effort and how many have actually been involved in wrongdoing. the surveillance efforts used to only be allowed for foreigners due to privacy concerns, but that changed back in november of 2010 and in the wake of some recent disclosures president obama has ordered a review of all nsa surveillance policies. >>> coming up next we're talking live to d.c. mayor vincent gray about how a federal government shutdown could impact business and services right here in the nation's capital. topper? >> a great finish to the month. here are the numbers for the books, 76

general keith alexander, as you know, is currently commander of u.s. cyber command, director of the national security agency, and chief of the central security service. servicee nsa's longest director, having held the position since 2005. in 2010, he became commander of cyber command and earned his fourth start. i'm appreciative he has taken the time out of his extremely busy schedule to speak to our audience here and to our c-span audience watching with us. i turn the podium to you with many thanks for agreeing to add your important perspective to timepen dialogue during a of immense challenges in the cybersecurity feel that we are trying to address today to help secure our nation. i turn the podium to you and thank you again for being with us. [applause] >> i have a four-hour speech set up. warm you for the introduction and thank you for the invitation here. surgery.e dental it is not that i was chewing tobacco. it is good to see you here. , and i use the we workedely, together years ago. . was set out on a course i never wanted to stay in the milita

on thursday the nation's top spies, the director of national intelligence and keith alexander testified in front of the senate intelligence committee. they were met by one of the harshest critics of the nsa's activities, senator ron wyden who wanted to know if they were tracking americans through their cell phone data. >> you and i and a dozen senators have asked in the past whether the nsa has ever collected or made any plans to collect americans' cell site information in bulk. >> you might remember when senator wyden asked a direct question about spying. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not. >> not wittingly. >> it was later revealed by edward snowden possibly text that clapper was lnd senator wydededen knew that. here is another direct question. the nsa has learned its lesson because here was general alexander being very careful with his answer. >> on july 25, director clapper provided an unclassified written response as well as a classified supplement with additional detail. allow me to reaffirm

today, nsa chief keith alexander was called to testify in front of the senate intelligence committee alongside the director of national intelligence, jaems maeses clapper, who defended his spying programs. >> all of us in the intelligence community are very much aware that the recent unauthorized disclosures have raised concerns in congress and across the nation about our intelligence activities. we know that the public wants both to understand how it's intelligence community uses its special tools and authorities and to judge whether we can be trusted to use them appropriately. we believe we have been lawful and that the rigorous oversight we have operated under have - - has been effective. >> sensing congress may take action, the nsa is making appeals to the american public. alexander said, " the american people have to weigh in and help us get the tools we need to defend this country." since the leaks polling has showed the american people uncomfortable with the nsa's activities. now on to some interesting development regarding online privacy. first, there is twitter, which announ

terrible we're spying on our own citizens and no sooner did he break the news that general alexander keith alexander who's the head of the n.s.a. and a west point graduate as am i. and of course there is the honor code you you know of but of course that supposed to apply efter you graduate as well and he lied to congress and i'm not saying that. others have said news reports have said that general alexander allied when answering a direct question by a u.s. senator about spying on american citizens and then when he got caught he wrote a letter back saying i made a mistake well there's no talk of a presidential pardon for mr snowden but there's no talk also about perjury charges against general alexander ok and you know case in point back in american history the f.b.i. when i was a kid growing up it was the t.v. show t.v. show with effort zimbalist jr and g. man and all that well you know i just recently read the biography of j. edgar hoover and it was just nothing more than his personal private detective agency and the only reason he stayed in power until the day died literally was because he had dir

and individuals in the bureaucracy one of the individuals who was actually involved in this was keith alexander he was actually the central command senior intelligence officer during the time we were running up to this so a lot of the folks had a lot to lose had they come forth or been identified as someone who did not act properly to share information and this is the key bureaucracies tend to protect themselves and spoke to don rumsfeld secretary of defense one from spelled in a green room above another network about this and i we talked about this he said well you know we feel we were lied to by the bureaucracy and he said that that was a common occurrence so you know as much as i have had to clear the air with him on some of the issues that regarding able danger because i disclosed this during his watch he said the bureaucracy commonly nod to him so let's remember that there's a bureaucracy that's separate from the political parties and i think that's what we have to always remember that there will always try to protect themselves and you're say enough congressman curt weldon in two thousand

chief general keith alexander testified in front of the senate intelligence committee it was there that they were met by one of the harshest critics of the n.s.a.'s activities senator ron wyden who wanted to know if the n.s.a. was tracking american sue their cell phone location data center you don't send heinrich and i along with about two dozen other senators have asked in the past whether the n.s.a. has ever collected or made any plans to collect americans cell site information in both what would be your response to that though let's pause it right there you may remember earlier this year when senator wyden asked another very direct question about spying to clapper. does the n.s.a. collect any type of gate at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir. it does not. not wittingly of course it was later revealed by edward snowden's leaks that clapper was alive or in clapper's words providing the least untruthful answer and senator ron wyden knew that so let's go back to thursday back to yesterday here's wired in again asking a direct question and you can tell the n.s.a

terrible we're spying on our own citizens and no sooner did he break the news that general alexander keith alexander who's the head of the n.s.a. and a west point graduate as am i. and of course there is the honor code you you know of but of course that supposed to apply efter you graduate as well and he lied to congress and i'm not saying that. others have said news reports have said that general alexander allied when answering a direct question by a u.s. senator about spying on american citizens and then when he got caught he wrote a letter back saying oh gee i made a mistake well there's no talk of a presidential pardon for mr snowden but there's no talk also about perjury charges against general alexander ok and you know case in point back in american history the f.b.i. you know when i was a kid growing up it was the t.v. show t.v. show with effort zimbalist jr and g.-man and all that well you know i just recently read the biography of j. edgar hoover and it was just nothing more than his personal private detective agency and the only reason he stayed in power until the day died literally was be

. >> i want to talk about an from nsa director keith alexander.ys, "some media outlets have sensationalized the leaks of the press that have called into question our motives and has cast doubt on the integrity and commitment of the extraordinary people that work here at the nsa. it has been discouraging to see how our agency has frequently been portrayed in the news as more of a rogue element than a national treasure. your response? obviously, they are alluding to "the guardian." >> we have been careful in our reporting. intelligence chiefs have acknowledge that we have been responsible. wouldunderstand why you write a letter like that. we are not necessarily saying that everyone that works at the nsa are bad people. incredible -- capable of incredible things, but we need to have a wider debate. there are other international concerns like reporting and privacy, which need to be weighed against security. if you are writing this, you are not saying the nsa is full of bad people. that would be silly. i understand the need for this. >> we mentioned ea

listen to this story, did nsa chief general keith alexander bring in a hollywood designer to create ataxpayers dime. army intelligence had the base of operations built to look at the bridge of the uss enterprises star trek. it is called the information dominant center complete with a captain's chair. it is a big sci-fi fan and used the room to impress visiting lawmakers. >> isn't it a little early to be tipping those babies. sparking rumors of a presidential run made an appearance in iowa sunday. he was there for tom par tin's annual state drive. biden has not said if he will or will not run in 2016 but made light of his appearance drawing national tanks. >> you have attracted the entire national press corps here. i just don't -- never quite understood it. but i am learning. >> he will only run if she decides not to. we will see. they are accused of accepting food stamps for ink. the ink addiction tattoos says edt cards as payments for tattoos several times over the past year. they sold their cards in exchange of $100 worth of art. your tax dollars hard at work. coming up a new bengha

in testimony thursday, nsa director general keith alexander noted this was essentially one per year,he thousands claimed by the media. >>> if you are traveling in and around great britain, this story should wake you up. two pilots on a british airliner fell asleep in the cocktail, leaving the packed jet traveling unsupervised and on autopilot. one of the unidentified pilots eventually woke up and roused his colleague but neither knew how long they'd been out. . seems sleeping on the job is not exactly unheard of. a survey found that 56%, more than half of the pilots, admitted to being asleep while on the flight deck. and of those, one in three said they had awakened to find their co-pilot also asleep. >>> finally, police in florida are searching for a man who tried to pay his water bill by handing a cashier with an envelope full of crack cocaine. the man was caught on surveillance video leaving the water office on a bicycle. >>> it took two centuries but there is finally a presidential library dedicated to the nation's first president. chief political correspondent carl cameron shows

the national security agency's sweeping collection of domestic phone logs. , generalostured or keith alexander, dodged questions from democratic senator ron wyden of oregon about whether the nsa had used cell phone signals to collect data on the location of u.s. citizens. general alexander also faced questions from democratic senator mark udall of colorado. >> isn't the goal of the nsa to collect the phone records of all americans? au talk about building haystack. >> i believe it is in the nation's best interest to put all the phone records into a lockbox that we can search when the nation needs to do it. yes. and the way we do it and the way we comply would ensure better security for this nation. >> senators udall and weiner backing a bill that would ban the nsa's massive collection of phone records. democratic senator dianne and republican senator saxby chambliss are drafting a rival bill that would preserve the nsa program. an international appeals court has upheld a 50 year prison sentence for former liberian president charles taylor for war crimes during the civil war in sierra leone. tay

keith alexander said sensational headlines have fooled the public into believing the agency invades americans' privacy. he suggested the stone leaks have led the nsa to change the way it operates. >>> stunning police dash cam video to show you out of florida. a crash during the a really high-speed chase. police were pursuing a fleeing dui suspect who was going over a hundred miles an hour when he crashed another into the car and went careening across the road right toward an oncoming police cruiser. the car caught fire with the passenger trapped inside. police sprung into action. >> over here! >> he's inside? >> yeah. >> try to get him out. get the fire extinguisher. >> four people were injured in that crash. the driver james maddox is facing a slew of felony charges as you might expect and police say he has also been involved in other similar crashes. >> it's crazy. >> yes, it is. >>> we have a little programming note for you. do you like us? do you enjoy us in the morning? beginning monday, we will be working an extra hour! just for you right here on "early start" so you can join us from 4:

speaks keith alexander at the billington cybersecurity summits at 8:00 eastern. at 10:00, the senate environment and public works committee hold a public on infrastructure investment in roads and highways. later in the day, the senate aging committee looks at the long-term financial outlook for retirees and ways to improve financial security. and, we will be live at 7:00 eastern for debate between the major party candidates for governor in virginia. in a few moments, a look at today's headlines, plus your calls live on washington journal. the house reconvenes at noon eastern or general business at 2:00. and about 45 minutes we will discuss the possibility of a government shutdown and efforts to defund the affordable care act with rob woodall from georgia, a member of the budget committee. we will also hear about the debate in congress over health care and spending from a member of the financial services committee, maryland democrat john delaney. our spotlight on magazines guest will be timothy noah who wrote and article for the specific standard on job creation.

general keith alexander, as you know, is currently commander u.s. cybercommand, director of the national security agency and chief of the central security service. he's the n.s.a.'s longest -serving director, having held the position since 2005. in 2010, he became commander of u.s. cybercommand and earned his fourth star. i'm so appreciative that he's taken this time out of his extremely busy schedule to speak to our audience here and to our c-span audience watching with us. so general alexander, i turn the podium to you with many thanks for agreeing to add your important perspectives to this open dialogue during a time of immense challenges in the cybersecurity field that we're trying to address today to help secure our nation. so general alexander, i'll turn the podium to you and thank you again for being with us. [applause] >> i have a full hour speech set up. thank you for that warm introduction and thanks for the invitation here. and so i did have dental surgery. it's not that i started chewing tobacco. and denny's wondering what's going on. ed

nsa director keith alexander played down the incidents saying they amounted to one per year. >> the press claimed evidence of thousands of privacy violations. this is false and misleading. >> in almost all of the cases the love struck employees re-signed before discipline could be imposed and no one was criminally prosecuted. >>> all right. thank you. now to the international manhunt underway for a british woman dubbed the white widow. does she have a connect to the deadly attack at the mall in kenya. ron allen is in nairobi this morning with details. good morning. >> good morning to you willie. the police opened up some of the roads running closer to the mall. a sign they're making real progress and we have pictures that offer a close up look at the destruction. meanwhile, sources are telling nbc news that investigators are find sog many explosives they believe the plan was to try to bring the entire mall down as speculation grows about a british woman that may have been involved in the attack. >> reporter: as investigators piece together what happened at the nairobi mall, they've issued

the chief keith alexander says that the person's data is analyzed only when there is a foreign indicationhat the surveillance efforts are keeping americans safer, critics say that the latest disclosure is yet another example of how the nsa is infringing on american's privacy. >> americans assume a certain right to privacy that usually starts at the door to their home. >> and "the new york times" says that the leaked documents do not specify how many american citizens have been targeted by the nsa for social mapping, and how many have been involved in wrongdoing. and in the wake of the disclosure, obama has ordered a full review of the nsa full procedure, and here we go again, more leaked documents. >> pam brown, thank you so much. >>> as the clock is ticking down, the likelihood of a government shutdown adds up, and we will talk to one congressman about the stalemate and the rising anger among americans. (dad) just feather it out. that's right. (son) ok. feather it out. (dad) all right. that's ok. (dad) put it in second, put it in second. (dad) slow it down. put the clutch in, break it, b

the nsa director, keith alexander, called this the greatest national -- transfer of national wealth intory. there have been estimates made americanling ip from companies is costing $300 billion per year, 1.2 million in lost jobs, most of that hacking emanating from china. host: our guest, nina easton of "fortune" magazine. we have a collar on our democrats line. caller: good morning. nina just answered my question. i did have another question. it seems like china already has a middle class and things of that nature. -- compel retell them them to continue their hacking and things of that nature. -- nature? guest: thanks for the call. i am from l.a. myself. it is great to hear from you. the chinese middle class is growing. it is very limited. thatmists have pointed out while we worry about the raise ,f china -- the rise of china in 2020, their per capita income still will not be anywhere near what our is -- ours is. while they are building a middle class, it is still only in the early stages. they face the potential of social unrest because they do have winners and losers in their econom

cybersecurity commander and nsa director general keith alexander speaks at the billington cybersecurity summit at 8 a.m. eastern. investments.cture later, the long-term financial outlook for retirees. that is at 2:15 p.m. eastern. and we will be live at 7 p.m. eastern for a debate between that candidates for the governor position in virginia. >> president obama told members of the united nations on tuesday that they should adopt a strong resolution to hold syria accountable if they fail to turn over the chemical weapons. he welcomes the statement by the iranian a president on his country's nuclear program. this is 25 minutes. the assembly will here and adjust by his excellency, barack obama, president of the united states of america. calm to escorto his ex -- protocol to escort his excellency. [applause] i have the honor to welcome to the united nations, his excellency, barack obama, president of america. i invite him to address the assembly. mr. president. >> mr. president, mr.secretary general, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, each year, we come together to reaffirm the foundin

nsa chief general keith alexander create a top secret war room for the star trek theme on the taxpayers enterprise. he's reportedly a big sci-fi fan and used the room to impress visiting lawmakers. remember when iran says it sent a monkey to space? now the country says it's considering sending a persian cat out of this world. why a persian? the breed is named after iran's former name of persia, she's building up to their plan to send a person into space by 2018. ♪ >> elisabeth: she's a yamy nominated singer launched into stardom after her appearance on "american idol." the transformation wasn't easy for our next guest. she's going to explain. the title of her new album "overcomer." first of all, when i'm having a hard day, i listen to you. you wrote it -- a friend of yours was sick with breast cancer and you wanted her to have something to get her through, right? >> i did. she didn't just have breast cancer, she was battling it while she was pregnant. it's a big enough battle by itself, but to be carrying a child at the same time. i just wanted a song to help her stay in the fight and n

director keith alexander stressing that the agency isn't doing anything illegal and got emotional defendingting here today defending what we are doing than being here today tellingxd you why we failed to connect the dots once again. >> during that same hearing the director of national intelligence, james clapper, who, by the way, already admitted that he lied to congress about the n.s.a. meta data program, said he's willing to consider limits on monitoring in order to ease public concern. we've heard so much froó folks about that one. >>> the guy accused of preying on miss teenÑi u.s.a.çó captured by theÑi f.b.i. the 19-year-old was arrested and charged with extortion and cyber crime. police say he hacked into theçó web cam on her computer and then threatened to go public with pictures he took as she undressed. cassidy talked about thatok invõqó)jz]-q(q'tlyñr on "fox & friends." listen to this. >> you just immediate to be so extremely -!r you need to be careful with what you do on-line these days because you never know what people can be doing to you on-line. >> this was in her very own >>

so we'll look forward to, you know, james clapper coming and giving, you know, or keith alexander iniving the least untruthful truths that they can in front of our, you know, senate committees. again, you know, as a small "l" libertarian, i'm not a republican, i'm not a democrat. i do like to see politicians actually adhere to some kind of principle rather than partisan advantage. but harry reid is -- you know, he must be in the witness protection program as senate majority leader. this is a guy who has not managed additio -- it took him r five years to get the senate to actually pass a budget. i don't think he has a lot of credibility when he's, you know, snapping people into action very much. host: more from the president yesterday as he talked about the international community and what's next in syria, calling on congressional approval before any military action and also the role or lack thereof of the u.s. [video clip] >> i'm confident in the case our government has made without waiting for u.n. inspectors. i'm comfortable going forward without the approval of a united nations se

the director of national intelligence, james clapper, the director of the nsa, general keith alexanderand the deputy attorney general. thank you for being here. we will have a second panel as well. i will introduce the witnesses of that panel then. tim edgar of the watson institute for international studies at brown university. this committee has been conducting oversight over the previously classified intelligence collection sections 215 for several years. we have held numerous hearings dating back to 2007 on five that authorities. as themmittee, as well judiciary committee, have reviewed the legalities of these programs, have been briefed on their operation, and have been notified of problems with their implementation. this committee has previously informed all senators of additional classified information regarding these programs available for their review.rior to senate it is my opinion that the programsnce and other are lawful. they are effective and they are conducted under careful oversight by the department of justice, it nsa, office of the director of national intelligence, an

cybersecurity commander and nsa director general keith alexander speaks at the billington cyber securitytern. at 10:00, the senate environment and public works committee hosts a hearing on infrastructure investments and growth and highways. later in the day, the senate aging committee looks at the long-term financial outlook for retirees and ways to improve their financial security. that is at 2:15 p.m. eastern. we will be live at 7:00 p.m. eastern for a debate between the major party candidates for governor in virginia, democrat terry mcauliffe and ken cucc inilli, republican attorney general. 1998, "book tv" has shown over 40,000 hours of programming with top nonfiction authors, including bob woodward. >> we were going to do the book after he died, but he preempted , quitend i was horrified honestly. then i was delighted. peopleways thought that were more alike than they were different. so, the artist in me rose to that occasion, that if i can create something that is so ofing and permits the kind distance that you sometimes need from what is painful, then people will understand. under

the nsa director keith alexander called this the greatest national -- greatest transfer of national wealthn history. there have been estimated knead stealing ip from american companies is costing $300 billion a year. $1 -- 1 minute.2 million in lost job. >> host: first call in los angeles california. democrats line, gm. >> caller: good morning. i answered my question. i did have another question. sorry -- but it seems like china already has a middle class and they have met nature. so what was compelling them to continue their hacking and things in that nature? >> guest: i'm from l.a. myself. it's great to hear from you. the chinese middle class is actually growing but it's very limited compared to us, for example, in fact economists have pointed out that, you know, why we worry about the rise of chinese i believe it's the year 2020. their per-capita-income won't be anywhere near what ours is. while they are building a middle class, it's still only in the early stages. they base the potential of social unrest. you have winners and losers in their economy. there's a lot of poor people. there

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